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3. ' Oq ' IS equivalent to ' ati ' in all respects, only it is sometimes preferable to 

 connect nouns ; as, mo ri Dadd oq Adesina, I saw Dada and Adeshina. 



4. Kpelu, witki is frequently employed in tlie sense of and to connect nouns 

 and occasionally pronouns ; as, 6biri kpelu omo li o de, the woman and the child 

 came. 



5. 'Si' (si eMq, to hacTc, go hackwards) is employed to connect verbs only; as, 

 dide si loh, arise and go. 



Very often a nominative pronoun, agreeing in number and person with the 

 nominative of the first verb, is employed pleouastically before the conjunction; as, 

 erai dide, mo si loh, I arose and ivent ; iwo ati emi ri d si m6, tliou and I see and 

 hnow. 



§234. 1. Because, fo7\ is represented by 'nitori' (ui itori), in or hy reason, 

 or ' nitori ti,' hj reason of^ either of which may be employed at the option of the 

 speaker ; as, k ni loh nitori oba mbo, v)e must go for ilie hing is coining. 



2. Before ' ati,' and, the initial ' n ' (or preposition ' ni ') is droj^ped ; as, nitori mo 

 beru r|, ati itori ti iwo qse oqroro enia, because I feared thee, and because thou art 

 an austere man. 



§ 235. But, sugboq, bikose, biose; as, mo kpe e, sugboq ko di;e wdh, I called 

 Mm, hut he tvould not come ; ki ise asiwere bikdse ologboq, he is not a fool hut a 

 wise man. 



§ 236. If, bi, kosekpe, iba; as, bi 6 ba mo, if he hieiv or hioivs ; kosekpe 

 eqyiq loh, if you go ; iba mo eyi, yi 6 kpada, if he hneto this, he would return. 



§237. Lest, ki...mdh, sometimes with 'nitori' immediately preceding 'ki'; 

 as, d sise ki d mdh sagbe (or nitori ki mdh, <fec.), toe loorlc lest we sliould heg. 



§ 238. Neitlier . . . nor, k6 or ki . . .behe ; as, ko loh behe ni ko dioko, he neitJier 

 goes nor stays. Sometimes ko . . . ko ; as, ko ni babd ko ni iya nd, he has neither 

 father nor mother. 



§ 239. Or, tabi, mbi : iwo tabi emi, tliou or I; ako mbi dbo ? a male or a 

 female f 



§ 240. TT7ie^/ier . . . or, iba . . . iba : iba se okoqri iba se obiri ni, yi 6 kpa woq, 

 whether they he men or woinen, he will hill them. 



§ 241. Since, nigbati : nigbati eqyiq ti de, d gbo 6ro Oloruq, since you have 

 come, we hear the tvord of God. 



§ 242. That, is represented by several particles : 



1. By ki, ki . . . ki 6 ; as, mo ni ki o loh, I say that lie must go ; or if the nomi- 

 native following ' ki ' has two or more letters, ' ki 6 ' follows it ; as, mo ni ki oq 

 ki 6 loh, I say that he must go. 



2. By ti ; as, ki li emi 6 se ti emi 6 d^oguq iye ? what shall I do that I may 

 inherit life ? 



3. By kpe ; as, 6 ri I kpc^ 6 dara, lie saw tliat it was good; kpe is used pleo- 

 nastically after verbs of saying, writing, perceiving, &c. ; as, d ti kowe re kpe, sawo ! 

 6 mbS, it is written, behold! he cometh ; emi m5 kp6 iwo 6eur), Ihnow tliou art good; 

 6 bi wor) lere kpe, li oruko ta ni nwori soro, he aslced them in ivhose name they 

 spoke ; nwoi) be e kpe ki o loh, tliey begged him to go. 



§ 243. Then, ndze ; as, udie d 6 siiq li odaq, then we must sleep in the prairie. 

 § 244. Though, bi, frequently followed by tile, even; as, bi d tile sote si ?, 

 although ine have rebelled against him.. 



